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Congress Committed to Stopping Obama From Handing Gitmo U.S. Naval Station to Cuba
Townhall.com ^ | March 5, 2016 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 03/05/2016 11:59:19 AM PST by Kaslin

resident Obama is not only expected to close Guantanamo Bay, but rumor has it he is prepared to give our U.S. Naval Station in the region to Cuba.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce has prepared legislation to halt this potential dangerous transition. The United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Preservation Act would require the president to seek approval from Congress before making anymore dangerous decisions.

“In just a few weeks, President Obama will meet with the communist government in Cuba.  The White House says our Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay is ‘sure’ to be a part of discussions.  While giving the base to the Castro regime may not be a part of ‘this trip,’ as the White House insists, its long record of one-sided concessions and lack of transparency over Cuba policy makes me very concerned about the status of this key Naval Station.  Because if we move out, who will move in? Are we willing to cede a vital national security tool to Russia?”

This urgency comes from the fact that we would be handing the naval station to the Castros.

In the bill’s text, Royce explains the naval station, the only military base in Latin America and the Caribbean, is an important presence because it protects our maritime interests in the region. It also served as a significant source of relief for victims affected by the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti.

We can’t afford to give such an important base to a communist regime.

Royce is clear: If President Obama is determined to give Cuba this important national security location, he’ll have to go through Congress first.


TOPICS: Cuba; Front Page News; Government; US: Florida; US: Kentucky; US: Texas
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To: Verginius Rufus

No, congress has a say. Although as CIC, he could theoretically order all military people out and abandon the place. But congress could intervene.


21 posted on 03/05/2016 1:46:44 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Kaslin

That would compliment that missile that was sent there a while back.


22 posted on 03/05/2016 2:09:49 PM PST by Cyclone59 (Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
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To: JoSixChip

Yup. These lawyer / politicians sell themselves as fighting for our freedoms, and instead do nothing except collect a paycheck with guaranteed benefits for life. Does anyone think Trump would put up with closing Gitmo, approving NAFTA, TPP, or TPA. If Cruz and the rest of these clowns read those bills, they wouldn’t even understand the implications.


23 posted on 03/05/2016 2:13:05 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: CMB_polarization

Yup. Waste of oxygen. Each one is dumber than the next.


24 posted on 03/05/2016 2:14:08 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Where is Ryan, Cruz, and Rubio?


25 posted on 03/05/2016 2:16:07 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Kaslin

He will just GIVE it to them. No bargaining, no payment, no nothing.

Just your typical POS MARXIST.

F U B O!


26 posted on 03/05/2016 2:33:19 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Kaslin

I predicted this when Obama first announced his Cuba trip.


27 posted on 03/05/2016 2:46:50 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Kaslin; markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...

Active Duty ping.


28 posted on 03/05/2016 2:49:20 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Kaslin
We have a 99yr lease by Treaty. Official treaty.

Obama doesn't have the authority to surrender it.

29 posted on 03/05/2016 2:49:33 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

You know the lease was up years ago?


30 posted on 03/05/2016 2:55:10 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Mariner

You know that arrogant pos couldn’t care less about it.


31 posted on 03/05/2016 3:10:30 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed theThe l ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: jjotto
Our rights to GTMO persist under the 1903 treaty, and do not expire. .

Of course Cuba didn't renew the lease. They haven't cashed but one of the annual lease payments since Fidel took over.

32 posted on 03/05/2016 3:10:32 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

How much are the lease payments
?


33 posted on 03/05/2016 3:15:54 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: al baby

$4k per year:)


34 posted on 03/05/2016 3:23:13 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

That is a bargain for that location.


35 posted on 03/05/2016 3:29:04 PM PST by moviefan8
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To: Mariner

This is absolutely correct. The treaty granting the US the 99 year and extensions beyond... lease was signed by Spain AND the new government of Cuba. Government’s treaties as well as sovereign debt remain in place under international law, regardless of who runs the governments later. For example, Merkel could try to order the US troops out of Germany (she wouldn’t cause of the money it brings, but imagine)—but could not do it.

The Cubans would be wise to “make nice” with the change of US govt that is coming and make for normalization and the trade/contracts that could be let from Gitmo. Huge point of influence. Obmaumao wants the base to be given to either Russia or the chi-coms. Chicoms more likely to get it cause of the “truer” nature of commie china.


36 posted on 03/05/2016 5:16:01 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: shelterguy

The only ones they are fighting now are Trump and Cruz!


37 posted on 03/05/2016 6:13:16 PM PST by Grampa Dave (, Voting to elect Trump as president is the only known cure for chronic TDS!)
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To: Vinnie

He gives the base back to Cuba, Russia and/or China will be in there before the end of the year.

Russia had a spy aka communication ship in Cuba last year and it probably hasn’t left.

Havana (AFP) - A Russian intelligence warship docked in Havana on Tuesday, a day before the start of historic US-Cuba talks aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations.

There was nothing stealthy about the arrival of the Viktor Leonov CCB-175, which was moored to a pier in Old Havana where cruise ships often dock. But the visit was not officially announced by Cuban authorities.

US officials in Washington played down the presence of the Russian vessel, saying it was perfectly legal and not at all out of the ordinary.

“It’s not unprecedented. It’s not unusual. It’s not alarming,” a defense official told AFP.

The Vishnya or Meridian-class intelligence ship, which has a crew of around 200, went into service in the Black Sea in 1988 before it was transferred seven years later to the northern fleet, according to Russian media.

The vessel previously docked in Havana in February and March last year, staying there for a few days. Those visits were also unannounced.

The highest-level US delegation to visit Havana since 1980 arrives Wednesday for two days of talks aimed at normalizing diplomatic and immigration relations between the former Cold War foes.

The former Soviet Union was Cuba’s main patron during the Cold War.

http://news.yahoo.com/russian-spy-ship-havana-eve-us-cuba-talks-190335303.html


38 posted on 03/05/2016 6:19:43 PM PST by Grampa Dave (, Voting to elect Trump as president is the only known cure for chronic TDS!)
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To: Cobra64

Where is Ryan, Cruz, and Rubio?

Also, Where are Linda and McAinal, who want to send our warriors to Syria to die and are ignoring this potential threat 90 miles south of our country.


39 posted on 03/05/2016 6:24:12 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Become a monthly donor to Free Republic and eliminate Freepathons!)
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To: tallyhoe

I think you have it backwards...he will give back Gitmo to Castro’s Cuba...then leave the terrorists begind if congress doens’t authorize a relocation plan that outs them in the U.S. justice system.


40 posted on 03/05/2016 11:26:03 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Trump, effective govt. that will be great for crony "art of the deal" capitalists)
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